Finish for stoves.



' AVAILABLE copy UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THERESA FRYE, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

FINISH FOR STOVES.

Application filed January 28, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THERESA FRYE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Finish for Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a composition to be used as afinish for stoves, and particularly adapted to be applied while the tem perature of the stove is elevated, at least to a moderate degree.

I mix together equal proportions by weight of parafiin and commercial flake or powdered graphite. These are the main ingredients. In certain cases I also add a small amount of beeswax, the exact proportion being imma terial.

To apply the composition, the stove should be at a moderate heat. It is not necessary to wash the stove, for the reason that the composition unites with and removes all of the grease. Neither is the use of a brush necessary. The composition, far from rusting the stove, preserves it and keeps its sur face hard and true. It is desirable, however, to remove all particles of scale and all loose rust before the composition is applied, especially in so far as the particles of rust can e scraped off with a knife.

A portion of the polish is taken in one hand and a cloth in the other. The stove (moderately hot) is now touched here and there with the composition, which spreads rapidly. The cloth is next rubbed briskly over the surface of the stove for a second or two, and this completes the finish. For a finish of extraordinary fineness, a softer cloth or a newspaper may be next rubbed over the surface.

I find that the composition, when used as above described, leaves the stove with a finish of exceptional luster, the iron appearing as if new. I have also found that the longer the composition is used, the better the finish becomes. This is probably due to the action of the composition upon the iron of the stove, whereby the composition, act- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Serial No. 412,982.

ing for a long time upon the metal, improves the surface of the latter so as to render the finish more effective. While the beeswax improves the general effect of the finish, it appears not to be essential in the sense of the other ingredients.

In the case of stove pipes made of socallec blue steel, the finish, when applied to them substantially as above described with reference to the stove, greatly improves their appearance. The finish originally found upon blue steel soon wears off, and if my improved finish be applied to the surface, it cleans and also preserves the metal and gives it somewhat the appearance of polished glass.

In order to apply the finish to the blue steel, it is better to employ two cloths, one to transfer the composition to the metal, and the other to produce the luster. The composition should be used sparingly.

I have found upon actual trial that the use of the composition above described saves a great deal of hard work. It cleans the iron thoroughly and quickly, and no rubbing, washing or other excessive work is required except when first applied, to scrape the scale and rust from the surface as above described.

The quickness with which the composition acts is remarkable, and it is partially to this fact that the composition owes its laborsaving qualities.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A finish for stoves, containing graphite and paraffin in equal proportions by weight.

2. A composition, containing graphite and paraffin in equal proportions by weight, and beeswax in a proportion differing from that of the graphite and paraffin.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THERESA FRYE'.

Witnesses: 4

GEORGE D. FRYE, HERMANZA M. ROCHAU. 

